(a) Connections Involving Invalid Assessment; Payment of Assessment Prior to Permit. Where public sewers have been constructed and the cost thereof has been wholly or partly paid out of the funds of the City, or financed through the issuance of bonds, and the owner of any property abutting upon such sewers makes application to tap such sewers, no permit shall be issued to such abutting property owner to make such connection unless he shall have first paid that portion of the cost of such sewers which the property of such owner for which a connection is desired to be made, was formerly charged in the form of an assessment, but which assessment the City has been unable to collect due to defects in procedure or the failure to obtain an assessment lien for such cost. However, where a portion of the cost of such sewers to which connections are desired to be made has been assessed against such abutting property and a valid assessment lien imposed thereon for such cost, or where, in the case of an invalid assessment, reassessment for such cost may be levied under and by authority of Ohio R.C. 727.39, such permit shall be issued, provided the same conforms with the other regulations of the City.
(b) Connections Involving No Assessments, Specific Areas and Manufacturing Establishments. The Director may, upon written request, grant permits, as he may deem proper, allowing persons to tap the public sewers which were constructed by the City without the levy of a special assessment, for which such persons shall be charged, except as hereinafter provided, a fee as specified by the Director for each front foot of lot or tract of land within the City, and a fee as specified by the Director for each front foot of a lot or tract of land outside the City, which is to be connected with and to be drained.
For the privilege of tapping the storm and sanitary sewer extending on each side of Main Street, from Ninth Street to Second Street, from Main Street to Market Street, each person shall be charged a fee as specified by the Director for each front foot of the land or tract of land so to be connected with and drained by such sewer.
The permit shall be issued by the Director under rules prescribed by him, and the charges therefor shall be paid at the time of issuance. The price shall not apply to and include persons who have been assessed according to law for the construction of a sewer to be tapped, and who have paid such assessment, they being entitled to such connections without further charge. However, the owner or tenant for whose benefit a connection is made shall, in consideration of the privilege thereby granted and enjoyed, hold the City harmless from any loss or damage that may in any way result from and be occasioned by such tapping or connection.
When it is desired to tap public sewers for connecting manufacturing establishments situated in or adjacent to the City, the charge for each tap to such manufacturing establishments shall be established by the Director.
(c) Connections Involving Exempt Assessments Claimed by Owner. When any street or alley is improved by the construction of a sanitary sewer therein and any property abutting thereon is held as exempt from assessment for the cost of the construction of such sewer by reason of the claim by the owners thereof that such property is already provided with adequate sewerage and local drainage, in the event thereafter the owners or occupants of such premises shall make application to tap such sewer, the price to be charged for tapping shall be the same amount per front foot as the original cost price per front foot assessed against the owner of property abutting such sewer.
(d) Residential Capacity Fee. In those cases where an interceptor runs through or adjacent to any residential properties and a Y branch has heretofore been installed in such interceptor sewer for future connection, the owner of the property for which such Y branch was constructed may presently tap into such interceptor sewer through the Y branch so constructed. For the privilege of tapping and using an interceptor sewer under the conditions described herein, each residential property owner shall pay a sum of one thousand five hundred seventy dollars ($1,570) per equivalent dwelling unit of 250 gallons per day per house. However, in those cases where the property lies in an area where a lateral or service sewer has been installed, or for the installation of which a resolution of necessity has been passed and the service sewers are in the process of being installed, then such fee will be based on the assessment charged in the area for each unit benefited on the service or lateral sewer. Such payment shall be deposited to the benefit of the Sewage Revenue Fund account, or to the Construction Fund for the service sewers being constructed where such is the case.
(Ord. 82-211. Passed 12-13-82.)
(e) Commercial or Industrial Capacity Fee.
(1) For the purpose of tapping into such Y branches already provided and using interceptor sewers for the disposal of sanitary sewage, each commercial, industrial and special type property owner shall pay, in addition to charges customarily made, a sum to be determined by the Division of Engineering and Construction of the City, based on uniform standards, such sum to be not less than one thousand five hundred seventy dollars ($1,570) and shall be based on the equivalent dwelling units of 250 gallons per day (gpd) per unit. Industry would require consideration on a case by case basis and would consider one Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU) as not only the flow of 250 gpd but also the wastewater strength of 200 mg/I Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and 250 mg/I Suspended Solids (SS). Therefore, one EDU would equal 0.417 pounds of BOD and 0.521 pounds of SS. Such sum shall be deposited to the benefit of the Sewage Revenue Fund account, or to the Construction Fund for the service sewers being constructed, where such is the case.
(2) Credits for existing sewer service capacity fees can be provided for redevelopment and change in use when there is a requested increase in capacity use only on the specific property. Such credit will be given when increasing the equivalent dwelling units.
In determining the credit, the customer's existing capacity shall be compared to their proposed (expanded) capacity (e.g. equivalent dwelling units). Existing capacity for purposes of valuing the credit shall be established at the City's then current value of the amount of capacity at the time of the application for credit. The difference between the value of the full (requested) capacity and the redevelopment capacity credit shall be paid to the City at the current rate.
Capacity credits shall be provided to a customer that is properly and legally connected to the sewer system, even if no sewer capacity fees had been previously paid for the property. The customer's existing capacity for purposes of establishing a redevelopment (capacity) credit shall be the lesser of the current value of capacity at the time of the application for credit or the value of capacity documented in a previously executed agreement between the City and the customer.
Refunds or credits for existing water and sewer service capacity fees will not be given when reducing the equivalent dwelling units loading. The original capacity shall remain with the property and available for use. Capacity and capacity (fee) credits shall remain with the property only and are non-transferable to any other property.
(Ord. 19-143. Passed 1-13-20.)
(f) Permits and Charges for Trailer Camp Connections. No connection shall be made with any public sewer or drain by any private sewers or sewer systems located on the premises of a trailer camp or trailer park, which sewers or sewer systems are serving the trailers located therein, without written permit from the Director. Any connection or opening made into any public sewer or drain without such permit or in a manner different from the mode herein prescribed shall be a misdemeanor. Each and every day that any person shall, without such permit, continue to use and drain into the public sewer shall be considered a separate and distinct offense.
The Director may, upon written request, grant permits, as he may deem proper, allowing persons owning or operating a trailer camp or trailer park to tap the public sewers for connection therewith, for which such persons shall be charged as hereinafter provided.
For each and every trailer connected, or which may be connected in the future, to the private sewer system which in turn is connected with the public sewers of the City, a charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) per trailer shall be made.
(g) Nonliability of City. The owner for whose benefit a sewer connection is made shall, in consideration of the privilege thereby granted and enjoyed, hold the City harmless from any loss or damage that may in any way result from and be occasioned by such tapping or connections.
(h) Charge Designation and Payment. The charges provided for in subsection (d) and (e) hereof shall be designated special sewage service charges, and shall be paid in full at the time the application for a tap is approved.
(i) Application for Sewer Permit; Industrial Waste.
(1) Application for a sewer permit for any new or revised service to establishments producing industrial wastes shall be made by the owner or his agent to the Director on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent by the Director. Upon approval of the application by the Director, a permit and inspection fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) shall be paid to the City.
(2) All costs charged by the City's consulting sanitary engineer to review plans and specifications shall be borne by the applicant and a deposit for such service of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid to the City at the time of application. Any additional charges or refund will be made at the time the application is approved and the permit is issued. This plan review charge shall be in addition to the permit and inspection fee described in subsection (i)(1) hereof. (Ord. 82-211. Passed 12-13-82.)
(j) Treatment Charges for Holding Tank Waste (Residential). A charge of twenty- five dollars ($25.00) per truck plus five cents (5¢) per gallon or a minimum of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per 2,000 gallons.
In addition, a minimum chlorine surcharge of $.004 per gallon will be assessed to all haulers. This surcharge may be adjusted from time to time by the Director of Public Service depending on the cost of chlorine to the City.
(Ord. 90-31. Passed 3-26-90; Ord. 90-53. Passed 5-14-90; Ord. 06-69. Passed 7-10-06; Ord. 10-78. Passed 10-25-10.)
(k) Treatment Charges for Other Wastes (Commercial). Treatment charges for other waste (commercial and industrial); a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per truck plus ten cents (10¢) per gallon or a minimum charge of two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00) and 2,000 gallons, and if receiving fats, oil, or grease a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per truck plus twenty cents (20¢) per gallons shall be required.
In addition, a minium chlorine surcharge of $.004 per gallon will be assessed to all haulers. This surcharge may be adjusted from time to time by the Director of Public Service depending on the cost of chlorine to the City.
The commercial rate for a single source waste generator shall be ten cents ($0.10) per gallon for zero to 500,000 gallons and five cents ($0.05) per gallon for 500,001 + gallons.
(Ord. 2020-33. Passed 3-23-20.)
(l) Testing Requirements for Scavenger Septic Haulers. A pH analysis is required prior to dumping of each load for all domestic, commercial and industrial haulers.
An oil & grease is required once per month for all domestic, commercial and industrial haulers.
Commercial and industrial haulers are required to have a minimum of one metals analysis per month. In addition, industrial haulers are required to have three BOD and SS analyses per month for calculation of strength surcharges.
All laboratory costs incurred by the City shall be charged to the septic haulers in accordance with the fees determined and published by the Director.
(m) Pass-back Costs for Industrial Users. The Director of Public Service shall periodically compute and publish actual costs incurred by the City for the various laboratory tests, the cost of issuing discharge orders, the cost of inspections and the costs of sampling and flow monitoring required for industrial users. The Director of Public Service shall by regulation establish a procedure for collecting any such pass-back costs from the industrial users.
(Ord. 90-31. Passed 3-26-90.)